Comments by "HunterShows" (@HunterShows) on "British Numbers confuse Americans - Numberphile" video.

  1. 1 antidisestablishmentarianism, 2 antidisestablishmentarianism, 3 antidisestablishmentarianism...
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  2. That's hilarious. I have enough trouble with the inverted syntax in German.
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  3. Two double-oh one.
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  4. Linguistic drift!
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  5. I was taught that also. It's not two hundred and fifty dollars and twelve cents, it's two hundred fifty dollars twelve cents.
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  6. Now if only eleven and twelve could be explained!
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  7. CobaltKnight Maybe some context will clear that up. We speak of disestablishment (for) and antidisestablishment (against), not establishment and antiestablishment.
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